Here are some simple rules for parents of young kids struggling with the internet, social networks, computers and smartphones. Adults can no longer afford the luxury of falling behind.

Reading, writing and accounting is no longer enough: today’s children must also learn to surf and chat in a productive and safe way. It is the reality to which everyone, big and small, will have to get used to it, if we want to govern an extraordinary medium like the Internet and not be overwhelmed by it. On the occasion of the State’s General of Pediatrics and a meeting in Milan dedicated to children, adolescents and the web, the rules were presented to navigate safely. Read them and educate your kids as well to keep them protected.